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On Tue, 8 May 2001, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote: > > if you have a /16 why would it be broken down to /24? i would assume the > only reason you advertise /24 is because that is the size of your > assignment from the NIC, in which case you cannot advertise the /16. > > if you do own the /16 then yes of course you can advertise it. Stephen, you neglected to look at the big picture. The "organization" has the /16 but has sites spread out all over the planet and has assigned /24's to them. Additionally, they connect into the global net via diverse providers. ><snip> >Site BGP Advertisement to ISP >Amsterdam 169.61.201.0/24 AMSISP >Austin 169.61.111.0/24 Genuity & Internap >SanFran 169.61.119.0/24 Genuity & Internap >Tokyo 169.61.202.0/24 TOKISP >Sydney 169.61.156.0/24 SYDISP --- John Fraizer EnterZone, Inc
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